Re: vonage 911 service

["Chub" <w@xxxxx>]

"Jen...tel" <poleclimber@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1141160142.624969.196010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guys,
> VOIP's 9-1-1 does not operate like landline emergency calls.  VOIP
> emergency calls may have to be routed through a regional or state
> emergency center.  Even if they have complied with FCC orders and have
> moved that number to a reporting location as now required

sounds like you are saying it is required by law to forward call to your
local 911 center.
Nothing wrong there.

VOIP still
> can't acces the actual  9-1-1 network and must depend on a city giving
> them an alternate 7 or 10 digit number to call.

doesn't matter how many numbers you dial.  The phone rings and they answer
"What is your emergency"
Just like all our central stations.


If the city isn't set
> up for this that number could be just the number to the general
> operator.

I seriously doubt there are many 911 centers that can't take phone calls.

 There is always the possibiity that the VOIP provider
> answers 9-1-1 calls, find out what type of emergency it was, and
> forwards the call to whatever number they have for that city.

sounds like you're guessing now.

> With
> VOIP, there are so many things going on in the mix that you never
> really know which was the cause of a problem.

so you are guessing.
C'mon Bob tell us what the email said.:)